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Mans Power over Nature.

Nothing, perhaps, so strongly character
ICES this century as the advance man is
making in exploring, understanding and
obtaining a mastery over Nature. This
process of mastery could scarcely proceed
in more instructive way than by tracing
its stages in the instances we have consid-
cred. The Alps and the two Isthmuses
illustrate it in a not uniting way. 1t is
safe, probably, to say that the power to ex-
cayate earth, to excavate and blast rock,
is from five to ten times as great as when
a man, wholly unknown to fame, landed
with a handful of his countrymen where
the city of Port Said now stands and be-
gan the excavation of Suez. In regard to
the present enterprise upon the American
Isthmus, if we take into account its magni-
tude and the difficulties involved, it repre-
sents without doubt the greatest effort in
the line of industry and peaceful achieve
ment man has yet put forth. De Molinari,
the Belgian economist, computed that the
stock of machinery for the excavation rep
resented the labor of half a million men.
Such fact indicates how far the process
Of conquering Nature has been carried
The world is watching, with no doubt
degree of skepticiom, the way in which
the remaining work is being done; and in
scientific circles especially an eager inter
est will continue to be manifested in this
great struggle OF skill and inventive ge-
Mus against the forces and obstinacy of
Nature. 1t may be protracted, but it must
be in the end successful.-Stuart f. Weld
in Popular Science Monthly for December.
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RABBITS IN CoRsETs-An American
doctor has been telling the International
Medical Congress of the results of tight
lacing when applied not to women, but to
rabbits. The consequences were certainly
startling. A bandage with moderate
pressure" caused the death of one animal
in four days, while the same effect was pro-
duced in twelve days by bandage with
very slight pressure applied around the
chest and abdomen of a well-nourished
white rabbit" After a considerable num-
Der Of experiments the doctor found that
the fatal result was uniform in all cases,
even when the bandages produced but
slight pressure" DIR. Neftel is convinced
that the ordinary dress of women in civil
lied society only fails to produce an equally
disastrous effect from the fact that the COM
preston is gradually applied as girls grow
up, so as slowly to change the natural
shape of the internal organs 1t would
be quite impossible for any one, unaccus-
toned from childhood to female wearing
apparel, to bear it for i single day
without great discomfort" He lives in
hope that Commission composed of
physicians, professors, artists and culti-
waited ladies of all countries will shortly
dethrone the Paris clique of uneducated
and introduce an interna-
tional system of rational dress.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-10
OLIVE CULTURE.
Address by Elwood Cooper Upon Their
Culture and Use

culture anu use.
President Elwood Cooper, of Santa Bar
bara, read a short essay on olive culture |
before the State Fruit-growers' Convention
last week He recommended at the out
SET the reading by those who desired infor-
nation about olives of his essay which was
read in Sacramento in 1885. He suggested
also the reading of pamphlets by f. Pohn-
dorf and Adolph Flammant In his late
experience in planting he had found that
trees should be planted far apart, nearly
thirty feet. His trees were planted twenty
feet apart, and recently every other row
was removed. Trees might be planted
twenty feet apart if desired, forseveral crops
may be gathered before removal, as some
of the trees will have to be removed.
Mission olives only are cultivated on Mr..
Cooper's place, and he admits having little
knowledge of other varieties. The olive
will flourish in all parts of California,
and so far as product is concerned Mr..
Cooper will defy the world to equal the oil
produced on his place. The crop is sure
and profitable, but trees require care and
cultivation. He recommended those con-
templating olive culture to plant different
varieties and await results. The best re-
suit on his place was 1856 pounds of olives
TO one bottle of oil. The poorest result
was bottle of oil from ~ pounds. In
response to questions Mr.. Cooper explained
regarding the drying of the olives prior to
making the oil. The olives are picked
early in December when the fruit is half
red, half green. Pruning is begun i'll the
second year 1t is a good plan to let all
the small branches remain until the tree
is five or six feet high. High pruning is
better than low pruning for coast counties.
Mr.. Cooper never heard of any olives being
sun-burned. He has no black scale on his
place. The method of looping off perpen-
dicular shoots and inside pruning" rec
| commended by French experts is unneces-
sary in California. Let the trees grow up
straight, cutting off some of the outside
branches, and by and by when the trees
begin to bear the branches will fall over
outward. Cuttings about. IA inches long
| from to J inches in diameter, the ends
| sawed with sharp saw, are generally
| planted. They are planted in the nur-
| sery in rows five feet apart and five or SIX
inches in the rows. They are planted
slanting, heading north. Nothing on Mr..
| Cooper's place is ever irrigated. Cuttings
are planted both in the nursery and in the
| field, and then the nursery cuttings are
used to replace those that fall in the field
The olive orchard should be searched every
May, usually for traces of the black scale,
which is the one great danger to which
olive orchards are subjected. Mr.. Cooper
e1pends about $3.50 yearly in fighting this
scale. The trees require three or four
washes yearly. One laborer can pick 800
pounds Of olives daily. Trees are picked
! clean of all fruit. A heavy clay subsoil is
not good for olives. The ground should be
cultivated and warm, not wet, when cut
tings are planted. Cuttings do best when
planted in March Or April.-S. F. Bulletin.
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not yet got up to the fact that there is
question of morals and of law which over
rides and controls the importation into
this country and sale of photographs of
lewd, obscene and indecent works of French
art. For the children of this great coun-
try this battle is being fought, and if "mis-
takes" are made they are made in a just
and holy cause, and the error is on the
right side-the side that seizes and de-
stroys the corrupting pictures that are be-
ing disseminated, whether by rich or poor,
high or low Very respectfully yours,
ANTHONY CoMsToCK, Secretary.
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FEMALE EDUCATION IN FRANcE.-An
ex-Deputy, NJ. Camille See, the author of
the law now in force for the higher in
struction of girls, states in work on the
lyceums and colleges for girls that there
are now in working order in France twenty
three of the former and twenty-six of the
latter, besides normal school for future
teachers in them. There are also two pro-
visional lyceums, and three are being built.
The creation of Others is being demanded by
twenty-nine chief towns, and municipalities
have never shown themselves more liberal
than in voting funds for these schools. NJ.
Camille See believes that if the examining
system lie kept out of the girls colleges
and lyceums France will keep her old rank
at the head of European civilization.
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What Am / to Do?

The symptoms of Biliousness are unhap-
PLY but too well known. They differ in
different individuals to some extent. a
Bilious man is seldom a breakfast-eater
Too frequently, alas, he has an excellent
appetite for liquids, but none for solids of
a morning. His tongue will hardly bear
inspection at any time if it is not white
and furred, it is rough at all events.
The digestive system is wholly out of
order, and Diarrhea or Constipation may
be a symptom, or the two may alternate.
There are often Hemorrhoids or even loss
of blood. There may be giddiness and
often headache and acidity or hatulence
and tenderness in the pit of the stomach.
To correct all this if not effect cure, try
Green's August Flower. 1t costs but a
triie, and thousands attest its efficacy.
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around me, was on my feet, and then my
mule being stopped in its wild flight and
resaddled, was lifted to his back and again
continued the days march. 1t was some
time, however, before | recovered from that
heavy fall. And since that time no desire
for extraordinary ornamentation ever leads
me to believe in reaching" mule, for
a reasonable name would have saved me
from the fall which nearly cost me my life.
o. Q. Howard, IN December Ouerldnd
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-10

Those who give Hoods Sarsaparilla a
fair trial are soon convinced that it is
peculiar and an honest medicine. It's posi-
tive merit is manifested by the many re-
markable cures accomplished.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-10

As THE hair has shadow. so the slight
est disease of the scalp threatens the hair.
Put the scalp in healthy condition by the
use OF Warmers Log Cabin scalpine. 1t
restores the hair, and has no equal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-10

There is but one S0ZODONT. 1t has no coun-
terpart. No other preparation for the teeth
either compares with, or resembles it. Recon-
mendations of anything in its place should be
discredited. Demand SOZODONT Don't be
put off with substitutes 1y-TuThS
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UnequaIed.

For the relief and cure of all diseases
of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys. and
Bowels, the value of Ayers Cathartic
Pills cannot be overestimated. This
remedy is also unrivaled in curing
Rheumatic and Neuralgia affections.
For keeping the Stomach, Bowels,
and Liver in good working order, have
never found any medicine equal to
Ayers Cathartic Pills. L always use
this remedy when occasion requires
Randolph Morse, Lynchburg, Va.
About five years since, my son became
cripple from rheumatism. His Joints
and limbs We're drawn out of shape by
the eXcruciating pain, and his general
health was very much impaired. Medi-
cines did not reach his case until he
commenced taking Ayers Pills, three
boxes of which cured him. He is now
as free from the complaint as if he had
never had it and his distorted limbs
have recovered their shape and pliancy.
- William White, Lebanon, Pa.
After suffering. for months. from dis
orders Of the Stomach and Liver, took
Ayers Pills. Three boxes cured me
y. ). Pickthall, Machias, Me.
Ayers Pills,
Prepared by Dr.J. c. Aver & Co, Lowell, Mass.
Elid " all Druggists and Dcalcr5 ia Medicine
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Ely's Cream Balm cured me of a verv
disagreeable disease which 1 supposed to be
for any complaint of the nasal organs.-F. w.
Otte, Anaconda, Mont.
l have used ELY'S CREAM BALM for catarTh
in head and have been greatly benefited by it,.
Mrs, Susie Morgan, Conner Creek, Or. 1y
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GENERAL NOTICES,

Advice to Mothers.-EIrs. WinsIow's
SOOTHING SYRUP should always be used when
children are cutting teeth 1t relieves the little
sufferer at once; it produces natural, quiet sleep
cherub awakes as bright as a button" 1t is
very pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child,
sottens the gums, sllays all pain, relieves wind,
remedy for diarrhoa, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. twenty-five cents bottle.
mr15-1yMWF
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II you want a Number One Carpet
woven on short notice. send it to MARY S. cow
GER, 500 II street. If
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The best place in California have yo printing doa=s
A. J. Johnston & Co.'S go ST, SaeEameato. Gsl
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II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
THOMPSON'S EYE WATER. Druggists sell it
at cents. o15-1yS
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A. E. Redstone is in Washington, prS-
pared TO contest Felton's seat.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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The bes place In Cafsnia 20 have yof pststing doues
al Johnston & Cos go Sc, ssqamente,C Cal -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
TWO KINDS OF TEMPER.
" ~ IA ~ ~ -
From The Boston Transcript

From The Boston Transcript
Within two DAYS the Listener witnessed couple or
Incidents on Westinghouse, which Illustrated admirably
the difference there is In people Passing along near the
corner OF Tempcp he two scout elderly LADIES
standing side by se-one facing way however and
furious eyes There little grinnng crowd about
them and when the Listener came quite up To them lie
saw what the matter In meeting ana Embarrassing
TO pass the clothing OF these two elderly ladies' hau
come In contact and projecting button upon the dress
OF one had caught in the lace the garments or the
other Their strain disentangle themselves had drawn
them into regular snarl the wrath or each had peen
reused to the boiling point, and each woman seemed 10
be eXclaiming In the language or scripture VINO sni
ing the dsontan clement To OF the two to be man.
aged with eibcration and discretion, each tuggin9
away spcfully the point Of jOinture. There seemed
10 he likelihood an for the interference or the
police presently, for the faces OF the two ladies were
growing redder and redder, and their eyes snapped
more and furi0usly. Presently one lady gNe a
desperate tug; the lace gave way ana the Tie was sew
cred But imagine the feelings OF the lady whose lace
had been laceratcd! "a,
Next day passing over almost the same ground, the
Listener n pretty girl brown-eyed. rudy
and short haired, and stout Irishwoman in bonnet
red and black shawl and poplin DRESS who were
walking opposite directions, stop all az once caught
fast lust rs the two OF the day before had been
The Young girl smiled family and goodnaturedly Inc
Irisnwoman took In the situation and courteseyed
sure miss" said she, an it's sign that wen meet
In Heaven!" $50,
The Young lady smiled more pronouncedly and said:
Wait n moment and will unfasten II"
With half minutes work she disentangled the snar.
miss reminder it," said the lrishwoman as sue
moved away, radiant with smiles, were to meet III
Heaven, sure!
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Fraud. tits. 1ndeeu 60 De remembered tnat the
commission carefully abstains from genera'lza-
tionA It expressly observes that the mediums
IL has not examined may DO honest; tnas
the phenomena 1t has not seen may be genuine
Only 1t is quite positive that the mediums IL mas
examined and the manifestations it has witnessed
were neither the one nor the other 1t proposes To
continue the inquiry if only mediums can be found
under whose hands some variation OF the monotohy
of imposture may be developed. OF course the
report will not be accepted by the Spirituahsts
but az least 1t is to be hoped that they will meet IL
otherwise than by reviling Really 1t embodies
lesson of the first Importance for them If they can
learn IT. We should do it less than justice II we
failed to call attention to of the special papers
in the appendix several OF which possess literary
value quite independent of their Importance as
evidence. Dr. Horace Howard Furness contributes
the most amusing of these articles. We can cor
daily recommend the three respectively entitled
Mediumistc Development" Sealed Letters,
and Naturalization" The second is really
comic account of INVESTIGATIONS entered into with
an alleged medium who pretended to give spirit
answers to sealed letters Some new and weighty
evidence is given in another paper concerning the
famous experiments of Professor Zoellner with
Henry SIade, the medium. Doubtless the report
will call out much controversial writing among
Spiritualists, but all who read it dispassionatey
must conclude that it is not to be met successfully
in that way. As it stands 1t is q strongly drawn
indictment,
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WHY'S HE NOT HAPPYl
From The PHILADELPHIA Neics.

When Fred Falsestep was eighteen years old he
married a girl from his mothers kitchen. She was
pretty the time with the beauty incidental to youth
red cheeks, white teeth, bright eyes, trim figure
After the regulation family row Falsestep, ST., died
lie loft 100000 to his SON. Fred being an energetic
PERSON went into business. In the course of years
he finds himself worth couple OF hundred thousand
dollars. He keeps abreast Of the literature Oh the
day and sometimes finds time to read tho classics;
without being heavy literary swell he thinks ana
talks like decently educated gentleman His wife's
mental faculties have stood stIll, while his have a
turcd and improved with years. Many of False
steps family acquaintance stick to him In spite OF
women of such households Mrs. Fasestep greets her
husband with, "Them Stralghtback girls were here
this afternoon. You never seed how plain they were
dressed" She wonders why Fred Is not Interested
In his old friends and doesn't ask her questions con-
corning them.
Mrs Falsestep devotedly loves her husband. She
thinks him the wlsest man on earth. When she per
suadcs him to drive in the park with her.and more
brilliant spectacle than Mrs. Falsestep attred for an
outing IL would be difficult to nnd-she rattes on In
this way add you hear them cars, Fred Where
does them 20 to Heros Mr. Oldstyle. Amt nc
awful You amt looking tho right way. This car
riage cOmn's hs'n" -,
But Falsestep's wife is true as steel to him.
She would gladly die for him. Why Is he not happily
mar pd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
MISS DETNHON.

From The IftftGdrtDhtd Netos
She Is the pretty daughter or Cleveland Druggist.
Detch0n pere compounds pills In large establishment
opposite tho Forest City Hotel In the city that also bears
that name. He has at least two bright, yyacous ana
pretty daughters lie may have more one OF them
came this city and graduated at the WOmans Med
zeal College The other Adelaide was badly
and made her first public appearance IN old John Els
worhs Theatre in Cleveland 1t cannot be SAID that she
that IL robbed her acting OF all nauraness Not finding
popuar favor at home the druggists daughter travelled
10 Cincinnati with letter OF introduction to John H. Nc
Cincinnati Enquirer. The impressionable newspaper
man was charmed with her beauty and her
manner To this day he contends that she Is
the most ravishingly beautiful woman living. COM
xion like unto peaches and cream was, he insists
never until nature painted the bloom on Adelaide
Detchons checks He secured her minor position IN
tho company playing at Pixies Opera House. but there
as In Cleveland she failed Of complete success by reason
OF her deoamatory force. .,
The Young girl realized that her greatest strength
WAS not OF dramatic but rather OF recative charac
ter In addition her force as declaimer she was also
wonderfully gifted singer. possessing renarkapie
ability initiate the singing OF birds To So
pro posed that with him manager she would make
tour leading resorts or the country giving
an entertainment interspersed with Rotations and
songs He however fearful Of the financial result
and thrust fortuns from him Becoming discouraged
with experience Adelaide travelled TO New
York where she obtained minor position In Wallacks 5
Theatre She played there for some time. but while ner
beauty attracted attention her acting was still marred
with the old fault The next l heard OF her she was
making "a sensation In London.
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to see two women who took a notion they could live
In tent that she made up her mind she would come
over next butchers dsy, If 'twaut for nothn bat to
sec us. She had thought, II we were young aad
pretty. 'twant exactly proper and she may have said
much. But now" when she reached this point
she looked at Us, and significantly paused
The silence continued for several moments and
was getting somewhat embarrassing, ] rose and
crossed the floor of the tent to stand where stood
a pitcher of lemonade and glasses. offered her
glass. As moved, my slippers, which are very old
and loose as to the heels made gathering.
Them shoes o. yourn makes me think G Mr..
Rankin said caller as she slipped her DRINK.
" Dye ever hear WHY happened to leave him r.
We said we had heard a great many reasons, but
feared we had never heard the true one.
II mostly account OF slippers, let folks say
what they will,' she answered And she began TO
give US the particulars.
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GLIMPSES OF WOMEN.
THE PIyCUsHIOy OF HOYOR.


young commercial traveller riding on the care
in the vicinity OF Grand Rapids. There were few
people riding in the coach with him, but he
noticed very old lady who seemed to have passed the
allotted span of lite, and younger woman, tired anu
travels stained and accompanied by two peevish rest
less little ones, who still tor a moment.
The old lady was unattended and sat by herself
seeming obliyious of ali her surroundings. The
mother, with her children, occupied double seats.
She looked worn out with fatigue. The young man
comfortably in tho OF the coach and read or
amused himself With his thoughts.
But when opportunity came for him to be OF SER
vice, he improved it
He closed the window for the old lady, who feebly
Thanked him. He gave the tresOme children some
picturecards to keep them out of mischief. lie t9ld
them stories. and gave them innumerable drinks OF
from the tank by, while their tired mother
caught nap. He divided an orange among them nd
prepared another for the old lady, who declared 1t
asted cool and grateful.
Before they reached the station where the young man
was to leave the train and while he was getting his
satchsl down, the old lady beckoned him to her.
MY son." she said, in quaverDg voice, live at
Grand Rapids perhaps you have heard OF me am
the old lady who sent 800 pincushions out to the
Soldiers Home there I am now eighty-thres years
and all do il to make pincushons and give them
away to deserving people. Young man, have
watched you, and here is your pincushon."
1t vas homey little round OF pasteboard, but that
young declares he will never part with it as long
as ho lives.